Did You Know...

Congratulations to the Los Angeles Lakers, the 2009 NBA Champions, and to Kobe Bryant, Finals MVP! The Lakers beat the Orlando Magic in an exciting 5 game series, 4 games to 1, to take home their 15th NBA Championship. This championship is their fourth this decade, setting a record in the top four professional sports in the United States!

The Los Angeles Lakers took home the 2008 Western Conference title, but they lost the championship to the Boston Celtics by a mere two games. Though the Celtics didn’t exactly sweep the Lakers, they did outrebound them by 30 over the course of the six game series, and a hole in the Lakers’ defense was exposed. Of course, part of the reason the defense was weak was the absence of emerging young star Andrew Bynum, who was taken out in January for the rest of the season due to a knee injury. Bynum is healed and ready to play the 2008-09 season, and with the additions of Josh Powell and Sun Yue, the Lakers are hoping that problems with their defense will be a thing of the past. The Los Angeles Lakers are a team with one of the highest attendance records in the league, and as early favorites in the Western Conference, everyone will want tickets to Staples Center to see them live. See for yourself if the 2008-09 season will bring the Lakers their 15th NBA Championship with tickets from Coast to Coast!